diff --git a/lld/ELF/MarkLive.cpp b/lld/ELF/MarkLive.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/MarkLive.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/MarkLive.cpp
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 
     if (isReserved(sec) || script->shouldKeep(sec)) {
       enqueue(sec, 0);
-    } else if (isValidCIdentifier(sec->name)) {
+    } else if (isValidCIdentifier(sec->name) && !sec->nextInSectionGroup) {
       cNamedSections[saver.save("__start_" + sec->name)].push_back(sec);
       cNamedSections[saver.save("__stop_" + sec->name)].push_back(sec);
     }
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/gc-sections-group-startstop.s b/lld/test/ELF/gc-sections-group-startstop.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/gc-sections-group-startstop.s
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+## Check that group members are retained or discarded as a unit, and
+## sections whose names are C identifiers aren't considered roots if
+## they're members of a group.
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: ld.lld --gc-sections %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -s %t | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: aaa
+# CHECK: meta_aaa
+# CHECK: bbb
+# CHECK: meta_bbb
+# CHECK-NOT: ccc
+# CHECK-NOT: meta_ccc
+# CHECK: [[#%x,ADDR:]] {{.*}} __start_meta
+# CHECK: [[#ADDR + 2]] {{.*}} __stop_meta
+
+.hidden __start_meta
+.hidden __stop_meta
+.global _start
+.text
+_start:
+	call __start_meta
+	call __stop_meta
+  call aaa
+
+.section meta,"axG",@progbits,aaa
+meta_aaa:
+  nop
+
+.section .text.aaa,"ax",@progbits
+aaa:
+  .long meta_aaa - .
+  call bbb
+
+.section meta,"axG",@progbits,bbb
+meta_bbb:
+  nop
+
+.section .text.bbb,"ax",@progbits
+bbb:
+  .long meta_bbb - .
+
+.section meta,"axG",@progbits,ccc
+meta_ccc:
+  nop
+
+.section .text.ccc,"ax",@progbits
+ccc:
+  .long meta_ccc - .